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Homestays, Volunteering & Working Holidays in New Zealand

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Enjoy our private bike park in rural Nelson, New Zealand
Your hosts, Alistair and Karin, are international travelers who thrive on good conversation, fun, laughter, music and adventure travel. We love to share stories and learn about you! As your hosts we hope to provide you with a great opportunity to ......
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Join us on our property in the beautiful Maraetotara Valley, New Zealand
We are a family of five with 20 acres situated in the beautiful Maraetotara Valley. Our 3 boys, my husband who is Cornish and I am Māori. I am happy to teach you about my culture. We also have 4 dogs, Max, Chloe, Tia and Leeza and 3 cats, Mama Cat, ......
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Join our family and explore the area in Dunedin, New Zealand
We are a kiwi family of 3 - Cat is a university lecturer, Adrian is a builder and Sophia is an energetic 12 year old. We have 2 cats, Muffy and Chowder. We were workawayers ourselves, travelling around Europe for a year until Covid sent us back ......
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Help a multicultural family and learn about country living in Paerata, New Zealand
We are loving Workaway and meeting some amazing people and had a few repeats. Message us and we’ll see if we can accommodate you - we’d love to meet you! We have some space from mid December now if you are looking. We live on a small rural ......
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Experience life in a small seaside town in Northland, New Zealand
I live in a small seaside town in an out of the way road but still close to all facilities. I have a big section that has a lot of lawns to mow and gardens to look after. Would be interested in exchanging language and cultural differences as well as ......
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Workawayers welcome around my garden in Okato, New Zealand
Okato is a small village about 30km south of New Plymouth. I am reaching out for help around the garden, mowing lawns, pruning mulching and general property maintenance. Okato feels like country living. There is a community feel about the area, and ......
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Join us in Geraldine, South Island, New Zealand
As this is not a business, nor paid job position you do not need a work visa to volunteer & help us. Just come and enjoy your stay. Hi, we are.... Uncle Dave & Aunty Nikki. We live on a Geraldine Sheep, Beef & Deer Farm. We are just 2 hours South ......
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Join us in our ecovillage in Ōamaru, the coolest, funkiest town in Aotearoa, New Zealand
We are currently seeking WorkAwayers with some experience house painting December 12-17. We are developing an ecovillage just south of Oamaru--the coolest, funkiest town in New Zealand! There is a blossoming community of artists, musicians, and ......
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Join a warm and friendly international community in Greymouth, New Zealand
Hi from Greymouth! Thank you for visiting our profile! We love welcoming travelers to join us here. UPCOMING AVAILABILITY - TBC Feel free to contact us to arrange a time to arrange a time later on. ---- We are a fun and sociable hostel looking ......
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Help our family with gardening or earth building Whangaroa Harbour in the Far North of New Zealand
We're a married couple with two grown up children who have left home and 1 cat, living on a beautiful property with stunning views overlooking Whangaroa Harbour in the Far North of New Zealand. We have a small and simple off-grid set up, and live ......
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Join our family on our lifestyle block outside Christchurch, New Zealand
We are a family of 4 (two girls aged 12 and 14), recently returned to NZ after 16 years in the UK - now home 5 years and settled back into Kiwi life on a 4ha lifestyle block in West Melton. We spent 2018/2019 travelling Europe and Africa in an old ......
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Help us with moving towards self sufficiency on our little lifestyle farm in Carterton, New Zealand
We moved onto a little lifestyle farm just out of Carterton, in the Wairarapa (1.5hrs North of Wellington) in 2022. We live with one of our teenage sons (the other one is travelling in Europe). We work part time. My husband Saali is a music teacher ......
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Sailing and island conservation in Auckland, New Zealand
Sailing boat. Zero emissions We will be sailing around the Hauraki gulf visiting islands, discovering the fauna and flora, experiencing the night sky at Great Barrier. Seeking fit, sociable, adaptable people. The following skills particularly ......
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Help with gardening, native planting, weed control and crafts in Nelson & Bays, NZ
We have a large lifestyle block and we have a strong focus on conservation. We are planting and regenerating large areas of native bush. We have 12 alpacas and an organic vegetable garden and orchard. We provide felting, eco-dyeing and mosaics ......
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Join our foodie family of three in rural, northwest Auckland, New Zealand
We are a couple with a 13 year old son. Our paradise is 9 acres 40 minutes drive Northwest of Auckland, near a small village called Waimauku. The 9 acres is set on a hill sandwiched between two large farms. 6 of our 9 acres is protected native New ......
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Stay with me and explore a daily life of a beautiful Coromandel Town, New Zealand
Hi, I'm Susanna and I live in the beautiful Coromandel Town. My home is an old Victorian Villa, where I live with one cat and three chooks. Well, the chooks have their own enclosure outside. I'm looking for help in my garden, with my herbs and ......
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Help a family with gardening and caring for the animals in Invercargill, New Zealand
We are on a small property midway between Invercargill and Riverton, Southland. We are beginning our second season developing a garden based on the principles outlined in JM Fortier's 'Market Gardener' book blending in methods used by Richard ......
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Help with our horses, doing odd tasks and a wee bit of gardening on the stunning Otago Peninsula, New Zealand
Do you long to step away from the outside world for a while and immerse yourself in nature? Then look no further as we are looking for helpers in our wee piece of Paradise at the moment ......... Our farm is 100 acres of deer-fenced land on the ......
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Join a family creating a self-sufficient bush paradise near Taipa, New Zealand
We have 121 hectares of land of which 100 hectares is native bush. We do not have tracks through the Bush but that is in the plan. You can walk up our hill and have a view across the valleys and out to the distant coast. We are establishing ......
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Help around the home, gardens and walking the dog in Timaru, New Zealand
An Historic house just a few minutes into Timaru town centre and Caroline Bay Peaceful, surrounded by lawns and gardens. A favourite rental , a wedding venue too.